Aaron Hernandez admitted slaying, Miramar search warrant says

Football star Aaron Hernandez has admitted to an accomplice that he fired the shots that killed a man in Massachusetts, according to a newly filed search warrant in Broward Circuit Court.

Hernandez, who played with the New England Patriots, and two alleged accomplices — Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz — took a car ride with semi-pro footballer Odin Lloyd the night that Lloyd was killed, according to Ortiz's statements detailed in the warrant.

When the car stopped and all but Ortiz stepped out, Ortiz heard gunshots. Lloyd didn't return to the car, and the men drove away. Later, when Ortiz was alone with Wallace, Wallace told him "that Mr. Hernandez admitted to shooting Mr. Lloyd," the warrant said.

The high-profile murder investigation against Hernandez — a standout tight end during his college career at the University of Florida — extended to Broward County 11 days after the killing when Wallace turned himself in to Miramar police.

The warrant gave police authority to search Wallace's mother's home in Miramar, with the goal of gathering evidence of the murder. Among the items collected from the home were clothing, a backpack and two cellphones. The warrant didn't state why police took those particular items.

No one answered the door at the Miramar house Wednesday afternoon.

Lloyd's body — shot five times — was found in an industrial park less than a mile from Hernandez's North Attleborough, Mass., home.

Lloyd, 27, had been dating the sister of Hernandez's girlfriend. Investigators have said Hernandez and Lloyd argued at a Boston nightclub days before the killing.

During an interview with police in Massachusetts, the search warrant says, Ortiz outlined the events of the fatal night, like this:

Hernandez, Ortiz and Wallace picked up Lloyd at his home sometime after 1 a.m. in a rented Nissan Altima.

While they drove, Ortiz overheard Hernandez tell Lloyd that he had been "chilling" with people that Hernandez had problems with. The pair shook hands and seemingly made up.

Ortiz fell asleep and awoke when the car stopped and everyone except Ortiz got out to urinate.

Ortiz heard gunshots, but because it was dark out, he could not tell who fired the shots.

Hernandez and Wallace got back into the car without Lloyd, and they drove to Hernandez's home.

When they were getting out of the car, Wallace told Ortiz to get a small handgun from under the driver's seat. He did and handed it over to Hernandez once they were inside.

The murder weapon has not been found.

Hernandez, 23, has pleaded not guilty to the murder and has been jailed without bail since his June 26 arrest in Massachusetts.

Wallace, 41, has been charged as an accessory to murder after the fact. He has been extradited to Massachusetts.

Ortiz, 27, has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm and also is being held without bail in Massachusetts.

In Massachusetts, eight different search warrants were unsealed Tuesday showing that investigators have collected surveillance video linking the trio of suspects to the dead man and the crime scene during the early morning hours of June 17.

Video shows Lloyd getting into a car with Hernandez and two others at 2:33 a.m.

Another video shows the car entering the industrial park where Lloyd's body was found.

And yet another video shows Hernandez, Wallace and a third man, believed to be Ortiz, getting out of the same car at Hernandez's home at 3:27 a.m.

The Massachusetts warrants also revealed that Lloyd sent text messages after 3 a.m. to his sister saying he was with Hernandez. The New England Patriots cut Hernandez from the team on the day of his arrest.